Liquid ejecting apparatus

Abstract

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects a liquid onto a liquid ejection surface of an ejection target member; a scanning unit which scans the liquid ejecting head relative to the ejection target member; and a driving force transmission mechanism which transmits driving force of a rotary driving force source to the scanning unit through a belt, wherein a liquid absorbing material which absorbs and retains mists of a liquid floating in an inner space of the liquid ejecting apparatus is disposed on the belt.

1. A liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising:
 a liquid ejecting head which ejects a liquid onto a liquid ejection surface of an ejection target member; 
 a scanning unit which scans the liquid ejecting head relative to the ejection target member; and 
 a driving force transmission mechanism which transmits driving force of a rotary driving force source to the scanning unit through a belt, 
 wherein a liquid absorbing material which absorbs and retains mists of a liquid floating in an inner space of the liquid ejecting apparatus is disposed on the belt. 
 
     
     
       2. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a cleaning unit for the liquid absorbing material. 
     
     
       3. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a controller which performs control for ejecting a liquid onto a liquid ejection surface of the ejection target member,
 wherein the controller performs control for rotating the belt by a predetermined rotation amount after finishing liquid ejecting control for the ejection target member. 
 
     
     
       4. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to  claim 3 ,
 wherein the controller increases or decreases the predetermined rotation amount based on a liquid ejecting control mode for the ejection target member. 
 
     
     
       5. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to  claim 3 ,
 wherein the controller sets the rotation speed of the belt when control for rotating the belt by the predetermined rotation amount is performed based on a liquid ejecting control mode for the ejection target member. 
 
     
     
       6. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to  claim 3 ,
 wherein when a power OFF operation of the liquid ejecting apparatus is detected, the controller performs power OFF control of the liquid ejecting apparatus after finishing control for rotating the belt by the predetermined rotation amount. 
 
     
     
       7. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to  claim 6 ,
 wherein when a power OFF operation of the liquid ejecting apparatus is detected, the controller performs control for rotating the belt at a rotation amount more than a rotation amount or at a rotation speed higher than a rotation speed when control for rotating the belt is performed after the latest liquid ejecting control for an ejection target member is finished. 
 
     
     
       8. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to  claim 6 ,
 wherein when a power OFF operation of the liquid ejecting apparatus is detected, if a predetermined time elapses after the latest liquid ejecting control for an ejection target member is finished, the controller does not perform control for rotating the belt and performs power OFF control of the liquid ejecting apparatus.